Is Ubuntu Privacy Friendly?
Contents Does Ubuntu Spy on Users? Ubuntu, a Widely Used and Influential Gnu/Linux Distribution, Has Installed Surveillance Code. When the User Searches Her...
Does Ubuntu spy on users?
Ubuntu, a widely used and influential GNU/Linux distribution, has installed surveillance code. When the user searches her own local files for a string using the Ubuntu desktop, Ubuntu sends that string to one of Canonical’s servers. (Canonical is the company that develops Ubuntu.)
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Is Ubuntu bad for privacy?
That means that an Ubuntu install will almost always contain more closed-source software than a Debian install, which is certainly something to be considered with regards to privacy.
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